nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya Kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatākā-svāmin iti nāmine
namo ācāryapādāya nitāi-kṛpa-pradāyine
gaura-kathā dhāmadhāya nagara-grāma tāriṇe
mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram
Hare Kṛṣṇa Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my most respectful obeisances unto the dust of Your Lotus Feet and a very happy 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā celebrations. My heartfelt obeisances to all your personal servants taking care of you day and night Guru Mahārāja.
I have so much love for you Guru Mahārāja but I am not following your instructions properly, I don’t know what kind of love is this. I am nowhere qualified to write a homage but as a daughter I wish to express my feelings to my loving father.
Before there was a lot of respect and affection but only by the karuna of corona and the daily association you gave Guru Mahārāja, I was able to develop the deep attachment for your lotus feet. The classes you deliver everyday and mainly the question-and-answer session has been helping me a lot both spiritually and materially.
Even though I don’t have that strength and qualification, it’s only because you desired that all your disciples have to do Bhakti-śāstrī, I am just trying to do the course. I wish I could complete the course and offer it to you Guru Mahārāja. And this year my book reading has improved a lot and a group of devotees are daily reading Prabhupāda books systematically.
While reading Bhāgavatam the happiness I am experiencing now is out of this world and when I come across some of the purports that Prabhupāda has given, I feel like embracing someone and I am just embracing Bhāgavatam Guru Mahārāja. It’s only by your mercy that my attachment to Śrīmad-bhāgavatam has increased a lot and I am able to relish the taste.
I can strongly say that only by the association of Bhāgavatam and your divine shelter I was able to withstand any situation in life and continue my devotional practice. But somehow, I feel so much separation from Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Candra and I beg your blessings that I can offer some little service to their Lordships following your instructions.
I offer my repeated obeisances for all your support, care and shelter. I am in a great need of spiritual strength and I wish that the strength to follow your instructions be bestowed upon me forever Guru Mahārāja. I am so much worried about your health and trying my level best to support you in any insignificant way I can.
Please forgive me for all my offenses and accept this humble offering at your lotus feet Guru Mahārāja.
All Glories to Your Holiness!
All Glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
All Glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga!
Your loving spiritual daughter,
Navīna Mādhavī Devī Dāsī (dīkṣa)
Guntur, India